Copyright:
"There's a pretty simple rule when it comes to the net.
If you didn't write it, and you want to reproduce it, ask the
creator. Most people don't really need to know much more than
this. If you do, check the other documents."
- by Brad
Templeton, http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html
A Youtube video that explains the new research tools on Google.
How to search JSTOR (Youtube tutorial)
- Landmarks Citation Machine
- How do I use Broolean operators? OR, AND, and NOT
- How Stuff Works--Search Engines: a primer
- The Way Back Machine Find "old" webpages
- WayBack Machine--Collections
- New WayBack Machine Prototype
Essay Accepted to Princeton; Cornell, Harvard, Wellesley; and Stanford.
Essay Tips from the College Board This is a cool site that offers a list of sample essays with corresponding critiques.
A Short Guide to Writing in College from the University of Chicago Writing Program
This site includes a good discussion of the differences between writing in high school and college.
An argument is a formal presentation of evidence that supports a particular claim or position regarding an issue of interest to a specific audience. Its persuasive strength rests on the rhetorical skills of the author-the art of wielding the rational, emotional and stylistic tools of language in a skillful and conscious effort to persuade. Its logic is built upon rational premises and follows to a conclusion reasonable people are willing to accept.
Common to all academic arguments, however, are the following:
- The claim must be arguable: A disagreement or a number of legitimate points of view must exist regarding the claim. If everyone in the audience is in agreement there really isn't anything to argue over.
- The argument must be rational: An argument must be based in fact not emotion. The claim must be meticulously considered, the evidence thoroughly researched and carefully selected; the audience correctly assessed.
- The logic must be cohesive: A claim must be argued linearly, step-by-step, with appropriate transitions revealing the logic that ties one point to the next. If a minor point doesn't add to the main point, it doesn't belong.
Writing at Dartmouth: The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
Our Values
- Writing—the process by which students discover, refine, and communicate their ideas—forms the core of a liberal arts education.
- Writing and rhetoric are best taught when student work is itself studied and discussed in the classroom.
- At its best, a liberal arts education includes writing instruction at all levels and across the disciplines. The teaching of writing is therefore the shared responsibility of the Arts & Sciences faculty.
- Because effective communication takes several forms in addition to writing—spoken, visual, and multi-modal—students should develop a variety of composing practices and literacies.
Dartmouth Writing Program Writing the Academic Paper: Writing For College
Scholarly VS Popular—Peer Review and Authoritative Resources
Washington University—Aphorism on Thesis Statements by Roy Kasten
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need—Noodle Tools
UMSL Writing Lab Hints--The Writing Process
- How to write a thesis statement http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_thesis.html
- How to outline: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlinS.html
- How to paraphrase http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_paraphr.html
- How to revise: http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/revise.html
- How to proofread:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_proof.html
Oregon State’s Writing Intensive Curriculum—Disciplines’ Writing Guide
Missouri’s Writing Program Faculty Guide—Revision Guidelines
Suggestions about every aspect of teaching writing, with lesson plan ideas and examples from various subject areas.
University of Minnesota Center for Writing
A plethora of advice from faculty members and the Center for Writing on many aspects of teaching writing, including a section on working with non-native speakers.
Saint Louis University Paul C. Reinart, S.J. Center for Teaching Excellence
A list of the many on-campus services that help SLU faculty and graduate assistants improve their teaching.
WPA—Outcome Statements for First-Year Composition
What students should be able to do when they complete their first year of college.
This statement describes the common knowledge, skills, and attitudes sought by first-year composition programs in American postsecondary education. To some extent, we seek to regularize what can be expected to be taught in first-year composition; to this end the document is not merely a compilation or summary of what currently takes place. Rather, the following statement articulates what composition teachers nationwide have learned from practice, research, and theory. This document intentionally defines only "outcomes," or types of results, and not "standards," or precise levels of achievement. The setting of standards should be left to specific institutions or specific groups of institutions.
Free AP English Language and Composition Online Practice Tests
AP English Literature Websites: An Internet Hotlist on AP Lit. Websites
AP English Placement—Best of the Web This is a site where you can download essay questions and AP Language Prompts.
The AP Literature Exam in Plain English This site explores issues such as “Why take the AP English?” and provides helpful hints.
Free AP English Literature and Composition Syllabus Course Overview
Tips
* (Using) Adverbs
and Adjectives
* Capitalization Title
Capitalization
* Dangling
Modifiers
* (Style: Cyberwords
* Style: Numbers
* Point of View
* Pronoun
Pointers
* Punctuation
Pointers
* Redundancies
* Spelling
* Ten
Tips for Better Spelling
*Citation
and Documentation
Writers.com Resources:
CUNY/ACT Writing Prompts: Understanding the Prompt This is a very nice site that leads you through the process of understanding and writing for the ACT.]
This latest study reveals that, to better prepare students for college, the nation needs more dialogue between high school and college educators.
Cooperating School District Digital Storytelling Contests and Sharing
- School Tube Advice: Since the text now must contain both graphic, multiemedia,s and sound, you'll need to include in your course website links to video, graphic art, sound, and multimedia expressions of knowledge.
Improving Your Poetry
